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Former Controller Brad Lander reportedly says he’s pulling punches in his challenge to Rep. Dan Goldman (D-New York) because their potential Democratic congressional primary race could get shaken up by an ongoing redistricting court battle. The Brooklyn progressive claims he doesn’t want to attack Goldman too hard because the incumbent might wind up running against Rep. Nicole Malliotakis if courts uphold a ruling that her Staten Island-based district should be redrawn to include Goldman’s lower Manhattan home turf. “I’m rooting for redistricting because as many problems as I have with Dan Goldman, he’s a lot better than Nicole Malliotakis,” Lander told City & State New York on the sidelines of an Albany political event over the weekend. “I look forward to the court letting us know what the district is.” Lander said Goldman is going “no holds barred against me, but I am holds barred against him.” Team Goldman scoffed at the idea that Lander is taking the political high road...

PORT ST. LUCIE — Since the start of the offseason back in October, the Mets have insisted the clubhouse wasn’t toxic last season, yet the narrative has followed the team into spring training. It appears as though it’s going to continue following them until they show people otherwise. The Mets are finding out that you can’t put genie back in the bottle, at least not in New York. While fans might be eager to point fingers at a villain, there really wasn’t one last year, and heading into the 2026 season, there still doesn’t appear to be one. The perceived rift between Francisco Lindor and Juan Soto isn’t exactly a rift — it might be that they’re simply just coworkers. “I think it’s a great relationship,” Soto said Sunday at Clover Park. “We talk all the time in the game and everything. We help each other.” The two are the faces of the team and two of the faces of the league as well. They play in baseball’s largest market and have international appeal as two of the most prominent Lati...

Cardi B didn’t miss a beat — or a jab — during her “Little Miss Drama” tour Las Vegas show Friday night when the chair she was dancing on slipped out from under her, sending her spilling onto the floor. The star kept singing as she lay flat on her back as she had landed, dancing with her hips. Two backup dancers appeared next to her, improvising moves as they checked in to make sure she was OK while they wrapped up her “Thotiana” remix. “ That was the government! ” she joked, pointing to the chair after getting back up. “That was the government!” Cardi B, whose given name is Belcalis Almanzar, was no doubt referring to her shade-driven exchange with the Homeland Security Department a few days earlier regarding her takedown of ICE. “If ICE come in here, we’re gonna jump they a–es,” she said that night during her opening show in Palm Desert, Calif., addressing her audience from a platform suspended above the crowd. “I got some bear Mace in the back. They ain’t taking my fans, b—h. ...

An immigrant delivery man bashed unconscious during a botched four-on-one Manhattan mugging died of his injuries months later, cops said Sunday. Santiago Ajsac Sirin never recovered after he was attacked by a group of crooks on Second Ave. near E. 29th St. in Kips Bay about 5:40 p.m. July 13. Medics rushed Asjac Sirin, 36, to Bellevue Hospital, where he remained until his death Oct. 22. His death, previously unreported, has been deemed a homicide, the NYPD announced Sunday. “He was a very hardworking young man who worked as a delivery boy in Manhattan,” a friend wrote in Spanish on a GoFund to raise money for the victim’s widow in Guatemala. “Unfortunately, he was robbed. They tried to take his bicycle and money.” “It’s heartbreaking for me, but today it’s me, tomorrow it could be you,” the friend added. Surveillance video from the Target on that corner captured the cruel attack, according to prosecutors. Asjac Sirin was sitting on a metal tree guard outside the store when Lavel...

By HOWARD FENDRICH MILAN — Dutch speedskater Femke Kok added a gold medal and the Olympic record in the 500 meters to her world mark, beating defending champion Erin Jackson head-to-head in the final heat Sunday at the Milan Cortina Games and relegating 1,000 winner to Jutta Leerdam to the silver. Kok powered through the final turn and easily pulled away from Jackson, finishing in 36.49 seconds — a whopping 0.66 seconds ahead of teammate Leerdam, who defeated her in the 1,000 meters Monday. Miho Takagi of Japan was third in 37.27, picking up her second bronze of these Winter Games and ninth career Olympic medal. Her totals: two golds, four silvers and three bronzes. Jackson was fifth in 37.32, four years after her 500 triumph for the United States made her the first Black woman to win an individual gold medal at a Winter Olympics in any sport. When Kok crossed the line, she threw her arms overhead to the delight of the many, many Dutch spectators, then skated a little mor...

A New Jersey 19-year-old has been charged in connection with a violent home invasion , during which he allegedly attacked a man with a knife and stole his car, officials said. The Essex County teen, who was not identified, is facing counts of robbery, armed burglary, theft of movable property and unlawful possession of a weapon, the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office said in a statement to NJ.com on Friday. He’s being charged as a juvenile given he was 17 years old at the time of the incident. The teen was already being held on unrelated charges at the Bergen County Jail when authorities sought his arrest. The latest charges stem from an incident that occurred on April 30, 2023 in Tenafly. A local homeowner told authorities that a man in mask burst into his home on Mahan Street, then charged at him with a knife before making off with his vehicle. The victim suffered a large contusion on his head and a major wound to his nose. The suspect’s arrest comes after a years-long probe, wh...

TAMPA — The Yankees have found another flier for their bullpen, agreeing to a minor league contract with Rafael Montero. A source confirmed the deal, which will pay the veteran reliever $1.85 million if he’s in the majors, to the Daily News on Friday morning as Montero prepared to play catch and undergo a physical at George M. Steinbrenner Field. The pact also comes with $500,000 in innings-based incentives. Z101 Digital’s Héctor Gómez  first reported Montero’s deal with the Yankees. Montero, 35, spent the 2025 season with the Astros, Braves and Tigers. He posted a 4.48 ERA over 59 games, but he lowered that number to 2.86 over his final 22 innings with Detroit. Montero’s .204 expected batting average against ranked in the 88th percentile, and his 31.1 Chase% ranked in the 81st percentile. He also has a 29.3 Whiff%, which ranked in the 78th percentile, though his 22.9 K% fell in the middle of the pack. Meanwhile, Montero’s 14.6 BB% was the third-...